Juniper berries, here still attached to a branch, are actually modified conifer cones. A juniper berry is the female seed cone produced by the various species of junipers. It is not a true berry but a cone with unusually fleshy and merged scales, which give it a berry-like appearance.
Grand Canyon SR--most scenic route to and from & hiking trail questions. Help, please. We're flying into Phoenix and driving to the Grand Canyon South Rim soon and I'm trying to decide whether the view along the way would be better if we arrived via the east park entrance (via Cameron) and left via the south (Tusayan) entrance or vice versa?
The journey from the south rim to the north rim of the Grand Canyon takes about 5 hours but is very scenic , involving a 215 mile route that descends from the pine-covered Coconino Plateau near the canyon into the flat , empty but very colorful Painted Desert in the Navajo Indian Reservation , up US 89 past the Echo Cliffs , across the Colorado ...